After
Djamel Haimoudi during the last African Cup of Nations in South Africa, it is
another Algerian referee who has been selected for the final of a major CAF
competition this year.

Mehdi
Abid-Charef (32, born Dec.14 1980) will be officiating
the final of the CAF under-20 Youth Championship this Saturday between Ghana
and Egypt, in Oran.

Mehdi Abid
-Charef works as a state engineer in Algiers, and has been a FIFA referee since
2011. It will be his second match in this competition as he officiated Gabon vs
DR Congo (0-0) during the group stage.

For this
final, he will be assisted by El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal) and Anouar
Hmila (Tunisie); The 4th
official will be Hudu Munyemana from Rwanda.